Firearm.



PATENTED AUG. 2, 1,904.

P. 0. ELTERIGH.

FIREARM APPLIOATIQN FILED SEPT. 15. 1903.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

N0 MODEL.

A 770/?/VEY PATBNTED AUG. 2, 1904.

P. 0. BLTERIGH.

PIREARM. APPLICATION .FILED SEPT. 16, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

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ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES Patented August 2, 1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

PAUL OTTO ELTERIOH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO MARIE ELTERICH, OF` NEW YORK, N. Y.

FIREARIVI.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,231, dated August 2, 1904.

Application filed September l5, 1903.

To aJ/Z whom, t muy concern:

Be it known that I, PAUL OTTO ELTERICH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulIm provements in Firearms, of which the following is a specication.

My invention has reference to improvements in firearms, and particularly to foreends for the same, it having for its objects, first, to firmly hold the fore-end to the barrel and against the rounded ends of the lockframe and to provide means for adjustment to take up for wear both at the fore-end and between the barrel and the hinge-pin, so as to effectively and irrnly unite the parts, and, secondly, to provide a snap-lever which can be operated without danger of injury to the fingers.

The nature of my invention will best be understood when described in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which-H Figure 1 represents an elevation, partly in section, of the fore-end applied to the barrels and frame of a double-barrel shotgun. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1 with parts removed and showing the fore-end opened. Fig. 4 is an elevation, partly in section, of a modification of the fore-end. Fig. 5 is a similar view of a second modication.

Similar letters and numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring at present to Figs. 1, 2, and 3 of the drawings, the letter A designates the barrels of the gun, and B is the lock-frame, to which the barrels are joined by the two lugs 1 2, the lug 1 having a semicircular bearing through which the hinge-pin 3 passes and the other lug having a socket 5, into which the locking-bolt of the lock enters. These parts may be of any usual well-known construction. The barrels instead of being Aprovided with one fore-endlug, as usual, are provided with two such lugs 6 and 7, arranged in line and spaced apart from each other and passed through openings or slots 8 and 9 in Serial No. 173,261. (No model.) l

the fore-end iron 10 of the fore-end O, which latter, as usual, is provided with a semicircular bearing 11, adapted to come Yinto contact with the rounded end of the lock-frame B.

The snap-lever D is adapted to turn about a pivot 12, mounted in suitable lugs 13, eX- tending from the fore-end iron 10 on opposite sides of the longitudinal slot 14 therein. At its inner end the snap-lever is provided with a toe 15, adapted to engage with the hookshaped lug 6, while its outer end is provided with a longitudinal socket receiving a bolt 16, which is forced outwardly by a spring 17 and engages with a socket 18, formed in the depending portion of the fore-end iron.

By means of a knob orbutton 19 passing through a slot in the lever the bolt can be forced out of the socket and permit the lever to open outwardly under the influence of a spring 21, engaging with the hub of the lever. A pin 22 limits the outward movement of the lever by engaging with the inner face of the fore-end iron 10. The spring 17 at the rear of the bolt is made of considerable strength, so that it requires some force to move the head or button 19 for the purpose of releasing the lever, thus preventing the accidental opening of the fore-end. When the snaplever D is in its closing or locked position, the fore-end is drawn tightly up against the barrels and is so held, particularly in view of the additional lug'7, which is arranged in line with the lug 6 and provided with a tapered side 23, engaging a correspondingly-tapered wall of the fore-end iron 10, thus firmly seating the rear end of the said fore-end iron upon the curved end of the lock-frame B. In the present instance I have shown the fore-end iron provided with a wedge E, located in the slot 9 and having its side adjacent to the side 23 of the lug 7 correspondingly tapered, and said wedge is made adjustable by means of a screw 24 passing through an overhanging portion of the wedge and entering the fore-end iron, so that by screwing up on the screw 24 the wedge is forced inwardly. By adjusting this wedge the fore-end is forced rearwardly to such an extent as to drive the same tightly against the lock-frame B, and consequentlyI am enabled to take up for wear between the, adjacent ends of the foreaend and the'stock. In tightening' up the fore-end against thehinge part of the frame the barrel may move slightly forward, and to counteract this movement I provide a sliding boX F, made substantially semicircular in form and adjustable with respect to the hinge-pin 3 by the adjusting-screw 25. when adjusted by means of a set-screw 26 passing through the lug' and entering a socket in the box. With proper adjustment of the box the barrel is firmly held to the lock-frame.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a construction similar to that in the preceding figures, but have arranged the snap-lever D to open in the opposite direction from the direction in which the lever D opens and have omitted the adjusting-wedge E.

In Fig. 5 I have replaced the snap-lever by a snap-bolt D, guided to move in the longitudinal direction of' the fore-end by a suitable lug 27 and a screw 28, passing through a slot in the head 29 of the snap-bolt D2.y This bolt is adapted to engage with the lug 6 to hold the fore-end to the barrel in conjunction with the action of the additional lug 7 The lower face of the head 29 of the bolt is rounded off to engage with the correspondinglyrounded portion of the lug 6 for this purpose and also for permitting the fore-'end to be opened by pulling forcibly on the same.

It will readily be understood from the foregoing that by the use of a plurality of lugs arranged in line and cooperating with each other the fore-end is drawn firmly to the barrel and against the hinge, while at the same time the barrel is held from moving' laterally or in a horizontal plane relatively to the stock even after long usage.

IN hat I claim as new is- 1. In a breakdown firearm, the combination with a lock-frame and the hinged barrel, of' a plurality of spaced lugs attached to the barrel, a fore-end iron provided with slots for the passage of' said lugs, means engaging with one of said lugs and attached to the foreend iron for locking and unlocking the latter and drawing the same against the barrel, and an inclined surface on another lug engaging with the fore-end iron for firmly seating' the rear end of the fore-end iron upon the hinge; said plurality of lugs also preserving the alinement of the barrel relative to the lock-frame.

2. In a breakdown firearm, the combination with a lock-frame and the hinged barrel, of a plurality ofl spaced lugs 'attached to the barrel, a fore-end iron provided with slots for the passage of said lugs, means engaging with one of said lugs and attached to the fore-end' iron for locking and unlocking the latter, and said two parts cooperating' for drawing the fore-end iron against the barrel and against the hinge. and an inclined surface on another lug engaging with the fore-end iron and co- The boX is fixed in position operating to firmly seat the fore-end iron on the hinge; said plurality of lugs also preserving the alinement of the barrel relative to the lock-frame. l

3. In a breakdown firearm, the combination with a lock-frame and the hinged barrel, ofl a plurality of spaced lugs attached to the barrel, a fore-end iron provided with slots for the passage of said lugs, and one of said lugs being wedge shape and engaging with the fore-end iron at the end of' the corresponding' slot for drawing the fore-end toward the hinge and another lug being hook-shaped, combined with means engaging with said hook-shaped lug for locking and unlocking the fore-end iron and for drawing the same against the barrel and for seating the same on the hinge; said lugs preserving the alinement of the barrels relative to the lock-frame.

4. In a breakdown firearm, the combination with a lock-frame and a hinged barrel, of a plurality of spaced lugs attached to the barrel, a fore-end iron provided with slots for the passage of said lugs, and one ofl said lugs being wedge shape and engaging with the fore-end iron at the end of the corresponding slot for drawing the fore-end toward the hinge and another lug' being hook-shaped, combined with a lever pivoted to the fore-end iron and engaging with the hook-shaped lug for lock ing and unlocking the fore-end iron and for drawing the same against the barrel and for seating the same on the hinge; said lugs preserving the alinement of' the barrels relative to the lock-frame.

5. In a breakdown firearm, the combination with a lockframe and the hinged barrel, of' a plurality of spaced lugs attached to the barrel, a fore-end iron provided with slots for the passage of said lugs, and one of said lugs being wedge shape and engaging with the fore-end iron at the end of the corresponding slot for drawing the fore-end toward the hinge and another lug being hook-shaped, combined with a lever pivoted to the fore-end iron and engaging with the hook-shaped lug for locking and unlocking the fore-end iron and for drawing the same against the barrel and for seating the same on the hinge; said lugs preserving the alinement of the barrels relative to the lock-frame, and means for locking the lever when closed.

6. In a breakdown firearm, the combination with a lock-frame and the hinged barrel, of a plurality of spaced lugs attached to the barl rel, a foreend iron provided with slots for the passage of said lugs, means engaging with one of said lugs and attached to the fore-end iron for locking and unlocking the latter and drawing the same against the barrel, the second lug being provided with an inclined surface, and a wedge adjustably mounted on the fore-end iron and adapted to be engaged by the second lug for firmly seating the rear end of the fore-end iron upon the hinge; said plu-` IOO rality of lugs also preserving the alinement of the barrel relative to the lock-frame.

7. In abreakdown firearm, the combination with a lock-frame and the hinged barrel, of a plurality of spaced lugs attached to the barrel, a fore-end iron provided with slots for the passage of said lugs, means engaging with one of said lugs and attached to the fore-end iron for locking and unlocking the latter and drawing the same against the barrel, the second lug being provided with an inclined surface, a wedge adjustably mounted on the foreend iron and adapted to be engaged by the second lug for firmly seating the rear end of the fore-end iron upon the hinge, a box mounted in the barrel-lug and bearing on the hinge, and means for adjusting said box.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL OTTO ELTERICH. Witnesses:

GEORGE EISERDRAM, RAENA H. YUDIZKY. 

